1954 Izhevsk SKS

[pcke2000]

Auction just ended. Anyone here got it?

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/879833079

[astronut]

Not me!

[Greatguns]

We're all too cheap here to pay that much.

[Phosphorus32]

Too rich for me. I’ll keep my refurbished ‘54 Izhevsk with the mismatched bolt obtained at about half that price a few years ago. It has sentimental value anyhow, as I got it on a trade with Kevin.

[carls sks]

 nea1that's a beauty, but I'm a cheap oldfart. 

[Bubbazinetti]

Too beacoup money.

[pcke2000]

I once thought about bidding on it. But after two emails sent to the seller asking about s/n on internal parts without getting any response, I lost interest.

[Bob_The_Student]

Damn, I'm not going to lie I probably would've got in on that if I had seen it. 

[pcke2000]

Damn, I'm not going to lie I probably would've got in on that if I had seen it. 

To be honest, the final bid was not that crazy, in today's market.

[MxwllBkr]

Ya it seems In the last year milsurps in general have skyrocketed in price...... even pre-COVID..... I really think us younger generation guys DO have an appreciation for the History behind all these Milsurps ...... especially WWI and WWII stuff......

I keep hearing that when the older Collectors pass away there will be an influx of Milsurps to be had cheap because us young guys don’t care about anything historical.......  I also hear These Collectable Firearms are not good Investments and you should just buy them For your enjoyment........

I think both above points couldn’t be farther from the truth, Every year Milsurps climb exponentially in price ..... at least they have in the 11 years I’ve been collecting!